Coldplay's Chris Martin aint too impressed with the idea that EMI's short term fortunes lie on the success of his band's upcoming album 'X&Y'. As previously reported, one of the excuses for a recent EMI profits warning was a delay in the release of the Coldplay album, and some EMI investors are said to be counting on the release to boost the major's financials. But Martin says he doesn't care about EMI or its shareholders.
Martin said, "I don't really care about EMI. I'm not really concerned about that," adding, "shareholders are the great evil of this modern world." Though presumably the shareholders who stumped up the band's advance aren't so evil.